Is agriculture the new right to repair frontier?
By this stage most South Africans would have heard something about the Guidelines for Competition in the South African Automotive Aftermarket or the consumer’s right to repair, a term more commonly used. But there...
Harnessing AI in farming and agricultural equipment
As the global population continues to rise, the agricultural sector faces significant challenges in meeting the increasing demand for food, while also addressing issues such as resource scarcity, climate change, and labour shortages. However,...
Data harvesting: privacy concerns and opportunities
Producers are generating an unprecedented volume of data, encompassing diverse aspects such as specific crop yields, livestock health, soil composition profiles, drone and satellite imagery, and more. Whenever I am asked to speak about...
Lang wag op werktuie – is daar lig in die tonnel?
Dit lyk asof die agterstand in die voorsiening van landbouwerktuie, onderdele en mikroskyfies binne die volgende drie maande iets van die verlede behoort te wees.
Volgens Tallie Giessing, voorsitter van die Suid-Afrikaanse Landboumasjinerie-assosiasie (SALMA), begin...
Totsiens, maar nie vaarwel
‘n Yskoue Vrystaatse wintersaand is omtower in ’n gesellige hoofbestuursfunksie op NAMPO Park. Dié jaarlikse geleentheid se doel is om erkenning te gee en om behoorlik afskeid te neem van Graan SA-lede wat voorheen...
Stille stryd van die akkerbouers
Die lewe van ’n graanprodusent is ’n roeping van passie en vasberadenheid – ’n leefstyl wat innig verbind is met die grond en die wisselvalligheid van die natuur. Te midde van die eise en...
Sustainable food production – why context matters
Agriculture is a major sector in South Africa that also relies heavily on the exports of agricultural commodities. Yet, our producers keep facing increased challenges to feed the growing population, both directly in terms...
SA soybean success story
The expansion of South Africa’s soybean industry is a success story that has led to more sustainable and profitable cultivation and crop rotation practices, processing capacity, and the substitution of imported soybean oil cake...
POLICY: Influencing the future of agricultural research
Adequate investment in South Africa’s agricultural research and development (R&D) is critical in enabling the sector to perform its multifunctional role within the economy effectively. This is the gist of a paper that was...
Jan taks bied verdere belastingverligting vir hernubare krag
Die Minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, het in sy nasionale begrotingstoespraak vir 2023 ’n uitbreiding van belastingaansporings vir besighede en individue wat van hernubare energie gebruik wil maak, aangekondig.
Daar word beoog om hierdie aansporing...
